HOURLY READINGS


 

AT 5 A.M. AT THE HONG KONG OBSERVATORY THE AIR TEMPERATURE
WAS 27 DEGREES CELSIUS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 PER
CENT.

 

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT:

 

THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SIGNAL NO. 3 WAS ISSUED AT 5:20 A.M.
THE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. IT WILL REMAIN
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 6:30 A.M. TODAY. SQUALLY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER HONG KONG.
THE LANDSLIP WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED.

 

THE AIR TEMPERATURES AT OTHER PLACES WERE:

 

KING'S PARK                 27 DEGREES;
WONG CHUK HANG              27 DEGREES;
TA KWU LING                 28 DEGREES;
LAU FAU SHAN                26 DEGREES;
TAI PO                      // DEGREES;
SHA TIN                     28 DEGREES;
TUEN MUN                    27 DEGREES;
TSEUNG KWAN O               27 DEGREES;
SAI KUNG                    27 DEGREES;
CHEUNG CHAU                 26 DEGREES;
CHEK LAP KOK                28 DEGREES;
TSING YI                    27 DEGREES;
SHEK KONG                   26 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN HO KOON           25 DEGREES;
TSUEN WAN SHING MUN VALLEY  26 DEGREES;
HONG KONG PARK              27 DEGREES;
SHAU KEI WAN                27 DEGREES;
KOWLOON CITY                27 DEGREES;
HAPPY VALLEY                27 DEGREES;
WONG TAI SIN                27 DEGREES;
STANLEY                     27 DEGREES;
KWUN TONG                   27 DEGREES;
SHAM SHUI PO                27 DEGREES;
KAI TAK RUNWAY PARK         28 DEGREES;
YUEN LONG PARK              26 DEGREES;
TAI MEI TUK                 26 DEGREES.

 

BETWEEN 3:45 AND 4:45 A.M., LIGHTNING WAS DETECTED WITHIN
NEW TERRITORIES WEST. THE RAINFALL RECORDED IN VARIOUS
REGIONS WERE:

 

 
YUEN LONG                        0 TO 29 MM;
TSUEN WAN                        0 TO 27 MM;
KWAI TSING                      11 TO 26 MM;
CENTRAL & WESTERN DISTRICT       8 TO 19 MM;
SOUTHERN DISTRICT                0 TO 16 MM;
SHAM SHUI PO                     7 TO 13 MM;
NORTH DISTRICT                   0 TO 10 MM;
ISLANDS DISTRICT                  0 TO 6 MM;
WAN CHAI                          2 TO 5 MM;
YAU TSIM MONG                     3 TO 4 MM;
KOWLOON CITY                      0 TO 4 MM;
SHA TIN                           0 TO 3 MM;
EASTERN DISTRICT                  0 TO 2 MM;
SAI KUNG                          0 TO 1 MM;
TAI PO                            0 TO 1 MM;
TUEN MUN                          0 TO 1 MM.

 

HERE IS THE INFORMATION ON SEVERE TROPICAL STORM MANGKHUT:
LOCATION: 22.6 DEGREES NORTH, 109.3 DEGREES EAST; MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND NEAR ITS CENTRE: 110 KM/H.

DISPATCHED BY HONG KONG OBSERVATORY AT 05:22 HKT ON 17.09.2018